Tuesday, 15 September 2026
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Terror alertA nationwide operations order, dated 13 September, warns of armed movement from Katsina through Kaduna toward Plateau — and of surveillance on soft targets ahead of the new school year.
Sadiq Musa6 min read
Opening the first North Central Stakeholders Development Summit, the president said money already appropriated should start moving — a test of whether the new commissions are more than letterheads.
Chidinma Okeke5 min read
The upstream regulator’s monthly figures show a modest rise in crude and condensate — welcome, and still short of what the budget assumes.
Emeka Nwosu5 min read
The Bauchi South senator, facing a months-long storm of viral videos, told a press conference in Bauchi that he has never sponsored, armed or financed bandits — and has submitted himself to the Department of State Services.
Chidinma Okeke7 min read
Editorial“No vacancy” is a powerful line. It is not a governing programme.
The Editors6 min read
Unverified“No vacancy in Aso Rock” is a campaign line. It is not an INEC timetable. The commission has not shifted the polls.
Villa Desk3 min read
InfrastructureGovernors want the development commissions to do more than hold conferences. The president said the funds should flow.
Zainab Lawal4 min read
2027The Oba of Lagos received the president’s campaign council at Iga Idunganran and declared that Bola Tinubu should have a clear run at a second term — a line that will travel far beyond Lagos Island.
Chidinma Okeke6 min read
Ukraine warNATO’s secretary-general called it desperation. Poland wants doubled support for Kyiv. The war is in its 1,664th day, and it just knocked on the EU’s door again.
Amaka Eze5 min read
Iran warBrent crossed one hundred dollars a barrel after fresh fire in the Gulf and Houthi attacks on Saudi cities. Diplomacy in Vienna stalled. Nigeria will feel this at the pump.
Amaka Eze6 min read
North-WestA week of North-West violence: a wedding party shot up in Kaduna, a police warning on Sokoto levies, and a claimed kill of scores of gunmen in Kebbi.
Zainab Lawal4 min read
InsecurityAnalysts say the epicentre is shifting — Boko Haram and ISWAP still in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, Lakurawa and Ansaru pressure on Niger and Kwara.
Sadiq Musa5 min read
Niger StateVigilantes called it a full-blown war. The overnight assault on 12 September is one of the largest mass abductions in the state this year, as the terror group pushes deeper into the North-Central.
Sadiq Musa5 min read
2027The Oba of Lagos received the president’s campaign council at Iga Idunganran and declared that Bola Tinubu should have a clear run at a second term — a line that will travel far beyond Lagos Island.
Chidinma Okeke6 min read
NASSThe clerk told lawmakers they will now return two weeks later than scheduled, compressing the autumn calendar as parties begin to campaign in earnest.
Ibrahim Suleiman4 min read
PolicySecretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume said Nigeria is targeting a slice of a continental market the government now puts at a trillion dollars by 2035.
Hadiza Usman5 min read
ElectionOnce the commission publishes who is actually on the ballot, the rumour mill loses its favourite toy — and the lawyers pick up theirs.
Chidinma Okeke4 min read
Amaka Eze5 min read
Labelled unverified until the desk can confirm. Do not share them as fact.
“No vacancy in Aso Rock” is a campaign line. It is not an INEC timetable. The commission has not shifted the polls.
Villa Desk3 min read
A police terror alert is real. A nationwide camp closure is not — at least not on any order this newsroom has seen. Do not act on the blast until NYSC says so.
Villa Desk3 min read
Posts say Abuja has a quiet tanker deal to keep PMS flowing. The oil ministry has not announced one. Neither has NNPC. We are asking.
Villa Desk3 min read
FilmTola Odunsi’s crime drama drew a heavyweight carpet — Toyin Abraham, Kunle Afolayan, Deyemi Okanlawon — and a story about the cost of wanting more.
Nneka Iwu5 min read
Governors want the development commissions to do more than hold conferences. The president said the funds should flow.
Zainab Lawal4 min read
From Mile 12 to Balogun, traders say a quieter naira has not yet become a cheaper stall.
Femi Balogun5 min read
644 million in monthly audience. The number is a snapshot of how completely Afrobeats now sits inside the global feed.
Nneka Iwu4 min read
“No vacancy” is a powerful line. It is not a governing programme.
The Editors
FederationThe commercial capital’s case is real. So is every other state’s fear of a two-speed country.
Aisha Bello
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